We provide email aliases on the fedoraproject.org domain to all registered contributors.

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We provide email aliases on the fedoraproject.org domain to all contributors who have signed the CLA and '''are a member of at least one non-CLA group.'''

== Getting Your Aliases ==

== Getting Your Aliases ==

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In order to get your email aliases, you must create an account in the [[Infrastructure/AccountSystem| Fedora Account System]] . You must also sign the Contributor License Agreement.

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In order to get your email aliases, you must create an account in the [[Infrastructure/AccountSystem| Fedora Account System]] . You must also sign the Contributor License Agreement and make sure you are also approved in at least one non CLA group as well.

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{{Admon/note | After account creation, it may take up to an hour before the email aliases are activated.}}

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{{Admon/note | After approval of a second group, it may take up to an hour before the email aliases are activated.}}

Once your account is ready, you will get aliases based upon the following template:

Once your account is ready, you will get aliases based upon the following template:

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You will not be provided with any sort of POP, IMAP, or web-based email access. You will not be provided with any mail storage. These aliases are ''forwarding-only''. In order to send mail 'from' these addresses, you must set the <code>From</code> header on your email from your current email client. Many free web-based email services do not offer this ability, so you may need to establish an account elsewhere to gain this ability. The necessary configuration steps vary for each email client, so you are on your own to figure out how to do this.

You will not be provided with any sort of POP, IMAP, or web-based email access. You will not be provided with any mail storage. These aliases are ''forwarding-only''. In order to send mail 'from' these addresses, you must set the <code>From</code> header on your email from your current email client. Many free web-based email services do not offer this ability, so you may need to establish an account elsewhere to gain this ability. The necessary configuration steps vary for each email client, so you are on your own to figure out how to do this.

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{{Admon/note | We frequently see problems with yahoo.com marking emails from fedoraproject as spam, you may wish to choose a different provider}}

To set an E-Mail Alias in Evolution, you simply create a [http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/config-prefs-mail-identity.html.en new account] with the following properties:

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* E-mail Address: email alias (i.e. ''my_name@fedoraproject.org'')

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* Receiving Email: none

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* Sending Mail: that of your service provider

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* Set the other Sending Mail properties, as requested by your service provider

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=== Thunderbird ===

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To set an E-Mail Alias in Thunderbird, first create an account for the email address that receives the redirected emails. Once done, go to Edit --> Account Settings (or Tools --> Account Settings), and select the account you just created. At the bottom right corner, click Manage Identities. Click on Add, and then fill in your name and your alias (i.e. ''my_name@fedoraproject.org''). Click OK, and you're all set!

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{{Admon/note | Anti-spam filter<BR>

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To limit the diffusion of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spam E-mail_spam], some service providers create a directory in your web mail account where, by default, suspected e-mails are stored temporarily and after some time deleted and so are not sent to your e-mail client. As e-mails from fedoraproject domain ''could be handled'' in this way, you should set in your web mail the fedoraproject domanin as reliable, to avoid this.}}

If any of the above listings are inaccurate, or if you have additional information, please update this list!

If any of the above listings are inaccurate, or if you have additional information, please update this list!

Revision as of 21:59, 14 October 2012

Contents

Email Aliases

We provide email aliases on the fedoraproject.org domain to all contributors who have signed the CLA and are a member of at least one non-CLA group.

Getting Your Aliases

In order to get your email aliases, you must create an account in the Fedora Account System . You must also sign the Contributor License Agreement and make sure you are also approved in at least one non CLA group as well.

After approval of a second group, it may take up to an hour before the email aliases are activated.

Once your account is ready, you will get aliases based upon the following template:

accountname@fedoraproject.org

Your aliases will forward to whatever email address you have registered in the Account System. If ever you need to change the address your mail forwards to, that is the place to do it.

You will not be provided with any sort of POP, IMAP, or web-based email access. You will not be provided with any mail storage. These aliases are forwarding-only. In order to send mail 'from' these addresses, you must set the From header on your email from your current email client. Many free web-based email services do not offer this ability, so you may need to establish an account elsewhere to gain this ability. The necessary configuration steps vary for each email client, so you are on your own to figure out how to do this.

We frequently see problems with yahoo.com marking emails from fedoraproject as spam, you may wish to choose a different provider

Working Clients

These clients are known to allow explicit From headers, which allows your email to appear as being 'from' your aliases.

Evolution Client

To set an E-Mail Alias in Evolution, you simply create a new account with the following properties:

E-mail Address: email alias (i.e. my_name@fedoraproject.org)

Receiving Email: none

Sending Mail: that of your service provider

Set the other Sending Mail properties, as requested by your service provider

Thunderbird

To set an E-Mail Alias in Thunderbird, first create an account for the email address that receives the redirected emails. Once done, go to Edit --> Account Settings (or Tools --> Account Settings), and select the account you just created. At the bottom right corner, click Manage Identities. Click on Add, and then fill in your name and your alias (i.e. my_name@fedoraproject.org). Click OK, and you're all set!

Anti-spam filter
To limit the diffusion of E-mail_spam, some service providers create a directory in your web mail account where, by default, suspected e-mails are stored temporarily and after some time deleted and so are not sent to your e-mail client. As e-mails from fedoraproject domain could be handled in this way, you should set in your web mail the fedoraproject domanin as reliable, to avoid this.

If any of the above listings are inaccurate, or if you have additional information, please update this list!